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Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance

  • US 11,103,026 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2018
  • Issued: 08/31/2021
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An outsole for an article of footwear, the outsole comprising:

  • an outsole backing member, wherein one or more traction elements are operably secured to the outsole backing member; and

    a film secured to the outsole backing member and defining an external surface of the outsole,wherein the film comprises a hydrogel, wherein the outsole backing member compositionally comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane, and wherein the hydrogel comprises a crosslinked polymeric network having copolymer chains that are physically crosslinked.

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